Upside Down Cats

NaBloPoMo '09 - Hai-cat #9

gina@upsidedowncats.com (Gina) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:38:00 -0600

I'm participating in National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo '09) by posting a haiku I've written about a photo of our cats every day of November.

Gina's Hai-cat #9

On a Spring evening
My two boys sit together
Who is more content?

NaBloPoMo '09 Hai-cat #8

gina@upsidedowncats.com (Gina) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:24:50 -0600

One whole week of National Blog Posting Month is completed with this post - so far so good! I'm participating in NaBloPoMo '09 by writing a haiku a day about a photo of our cats.

Gina's Hai-cat #8

Rabbit ears or horns
They could be antennae too
Beemer wears them well

NaBloPoMo '09 - Hai-cat #7

gina@upsidedowncats.com (Gina) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:09:00 -0600

Seven days into National Blog Posting Month I'm continuing to write a haiku a day about a photo of our cats. Here's my NaBloPoMo '09 hai-cat for today:

Gina's Hai-cat #7

Dignified Penny
Loved us for the care we gave
She gave so much more

NaBloPoMo '09 - Hai-cat #6

gina@upsidedowncats.com (Gina) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:16:00 -0600

National Blog Posting Month is nicely underway by now. For NaBloPoMo '09 I am writing a haiku about a photo of our cats every day throughout November. Here is today's poem:

Gina's Hai-cat #6

On the stairs she hides
Abbey plays a stalking game
A wild creature!

NaBloPoMo '09 - Hai-cat #5

gina@upsidedowncats.com (Gina) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:08:00 -0600

It's day five of National Blog Posting Month. For NaBloPoMo '09 I'm writing a haiku a day about a photo of our cats.

Gina's Hai-cat #5

Once upon a time
Desi weighed only two pounds
Basket full of cute

NaBloPoMo '09 - Hai-cat #4

gina@upsidedowncats.com (Gina) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:59:00 -0600

Day four of National Blog Posting Month '09 (NaBloPoMo) brings me to yet another Hai-cat. Yes, I'm writing a haiku about a photo of our cats every day throughout November. Here's today's attempt at poetry...

Gina's Hai-cat #4

Do not wake this cat
Cooper needs his beauty sleep
He's a funny face!

NaBloPoMo '09 - Hai-cat #3

gina@upsidedowncats.com (Gina) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:37:00 -0600

Thanks for tuning in to the third installment of my NaBloPoMo '09 challenge where I write a haiku about a photo of our cats or "hai-cat" if you will.

Gina's Hai-cat #3

Three cats pose on plaid
Pretty Abbey, Moe, Penny
Family portrait

NaBloPoMo '09 - Hai-cat #2

gina@upsidedowncats.com (Gina) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:24:00 -0600

In case the title of this post makes no sense to you, take a look at my post from yesterday and all will be revealed.

Gina's Hai-cat #2

Comfortable cat
Scott's back is better than bed
Beemer's favorite

NaBloPoMo '09 - I'm In!

gina@upsidedowncats.com (Gina) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:26:00 -0600

For the third consecutive year I'm participating in National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo). The rules are simple: Write on your blog every day during the month of November. That's it.

I am the type of person who needs a theme to help me stay on task, however; so while blogging on a theme is not necessary to participate, I always choose one on which to base my posts.

Two years ago, my theme was, "Things For Which I'm Thankful." Last year I wrote, "Thirty Words For Thirty Days."

Continue reading "NaBloPoMo '09 - I'm In!"

Adding My Voice to a Brave Chorus

gina@upsidedowncats.com (Gina) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:13:00 -0500

Today marks a milestone for me: A tremendously cathartic piece I wrote originally for my own blog, "My Survivor Story," is being published later today on a blog dedicated to giving a voice to domestic violence, Violence Unsilenced.

Click here to read my story.

For a little of the history as to how we arrived at this day, I'll have to turn back the calendar to January 6, 2009. That's when I received an email from Maggie who was starting a new blog. She wrote: "I contacted you because I'm looking for bloggers willing to tell their personal stories of domestic violence. My surface hope is to give domestic violence survivors a voice, and provide them an audience willing to listen. My deeper goal is to eventually eradicate domestic violence by pulling back the curtain over and over and over and over again until the rest of the world finally sees that this is an enormous, collective problem. That it's everywhere around us."

Apparently my post had come to her attention and she was asking me to contribute to her new venture. I was honored and my first inclination was to write something new. Months passed and nothing new materialized on the subject, even though I'd set my 'writer brain' to the task. Finally in July I wrote Maggie, "From time to time I revisit the subject of writing something for Violence Unsilenced but then I realize that I already have - my blog post from 9/27/07 titled "My Survivor Story." It's not new but after much consideration, I've come to the conclusion that I have nothing different or new to add. It stands for itself. I would be honored if you would consider reprinting it in its entirety on Violence Unsilenced when the opportunity arises."

Maggie was kind enough to place my submission on the waiting list - yes, there's a waiting list of stories of domestic violence waiting to be told!!!).

Today it is my turn to share with a wider audience my personal story of triumphant survival over the disease of violence that afflicted me all those years ago.

My most sincere wish is that my voice, in chorus with all the other unsilenced voices, sing the end to this despicable secret.